Quotes About Meaning

Mr. Langdon, I did not ask if you believe what man says about God. I asked if you believed in God. There is a difference. Holy scripture is stories . . . legends and history of man's quest to understand his own need for meaning. I am not asking you to pass judgment on literature. I am asking if you believe in God. When you lie out under the stars, do you sense the divine? Do you feel in your gut that you are staring up at the work of God's hand?

In the end, though, we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning.

I know why I am here.

The live without understanding the meaning of the world is more like a stroll in the great library of books without touching

Portals and doorways are common symbolic constructs that represent transformative rites of passage. To look for a literal portal would be like trying to locate the actual Gates of Heaven.

he dicho que el

To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books. The Secret Teachings of All Ages

People can find patterns in all kinds of random events. It's called apophenia. It's the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information.

Let us say that this, all of this, has a logic to it. We understand each other, don't we? Are we not, you and I, both of us spirits? Reader, do not ask me who at this very moment is dreaming you. Do not ask me when you are going to die. Do not ask me where the gold is buried.

We are always telling stories to ourselves, about ourselves...But we can control those stories...I believe that! Events in our life have meaning because we choose to give it to them

It's called apophenia. It's the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information. For example, some people believe in what's called the 'twenty-three enigma.' That everything is related to the number twenty-three. It's a surprisingly involved belief.

I believe that! Events in our life have meaning because we choose to give it to them.

I realized," he'd say. "I realized that I had the choice. I could give this moment a meaning, or I could choose to ignore it. It just depended on the kind of story I wanted to tell myself.

We are always telling a story to ourselves, about ourselves," he'd say. Sometimes he would make a gesture that was almost like a touch, though he actually rarely made skin-to-skin contact. "But we can control those stories," he'd say. "I believe that! Events in our life have meaning because we choose to give it to them.

You wanna grow up to be a trivia question? she asked, challenging me. Or do you wanna make a difference in the world?

There are no ordinary moments!

the conventions of language reveal the ways we see the world.

And so I awoke to reality, free of any meaning or any search. What could there possibly be to search for? All of Soc's words had come alive with my death. This was the paradox of it all, the humor of it all, and the great change. All searches, all achievements, all goals, were equally enjoyable, and equally unnecessary.

People from all walks of life share an innate drive for meaning, direction, and purpose. This drive to understand our life purpose seems as important to our psychological growth as eating is to our biological survival.

Per avere una morte benedetta, bisogna imparare a vivere. Per avere una vita benedetta, bisogna imparare a morire.

Mark Twain once opined in his homey way: "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

This is every writer's nightmare--the sudden breakdown of meaning in the language that sustains and supports us...

Context is to data what water is to a dolphin

But as with so many things in our lives, the reason for doing something is not the important thing. It is the fact of doing that remains.